These hormones and their inhibitors are useful for delaying ripening during transport or when fruit is displayed in shops. Ethene is a plant hormone which causes fruit to ripen.

This prevents fruit from over-ripening on the journey. It is ripened during storage by adding ethene and then taken to the shops. The effect of ethene released from bananas is clearly visible if ...

KAZAN, December 20. /TASS/. The EP-600 ethylene plant construction project implemented by Sibur in Tatarstan is 70% implemented, the press service of Nizhnekamskneftekhim, a member of Sibur Group ...

A study has identified key genetic pathways in corn that help its roots branch out to find water in soil; the varieties adapted to temperate regions like the U.S. corn belt showed large differences in ...

Plants cannot evade unfavorable environments by moving like animals do. Instead, they adapt to changing environments by ...